Chapter 108
The silence did not settle the same way after Vaelor spoke. It remained in place, but something beneath it had shifted, like the space itself had begun to respond to a change it could not fully contain.
Kael felt it first, not around him, but inside his chest where the pull had been before. It wasn't guiding anymore, and it wasn't steady either, but uneven in a way that made it harder to ignore.
"This isn't over," he said, his voice lower than usual as he tried to understand what was changing. The words weren't meant for either of them, but they still carried weight in the stillness.
Ariana didn't answer immediately, her gaze still fixed ahead as if she was following something she couldn't see. Her posture hadn't changed much, but there was a quiet tension in her now that hadn't been there before.
"It was never supposed to continue," she said after a moment. "That's what's different."
